Difference between revisions of "Advertising Networks"

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There are several companies supporting distributed advertising networks in Second Life. The distributed network usually means that company have partners, or publishers who display ads on their parcels.

The advertising materials (images along with landmarks, urls or notecards) are delivered to the publishers' parcels automatically.

These are links to companies with ad networks in Second Life. Some of these are listed in the Tools directory on the Second Life Grid website.

Networks

Apez

Apex is a SL vendor network which offers advertising services in form of web banners.

The large list of participating websites allows Apez to distribute your ad widely instead of displaying it on a single website.

http://www.apez.biz - Apez.promote advertising service

GroupCast Marketplace

GroupCast is the advertising marketplace dedicated to Second Life groups.

With GroupCast you can place your ad on the groups of your choice. You can setup a complex schedule and send ads automatically. Vise versa, if you own a group and want to earn Lindens, list your group with GroupCast. You will expose your group to hundreds of advertisers!

http://www.gpc2life.com - GroupCast Website
SLURL - GroupCast in-world office, at DuoLife

RezAds - Grid-Wide Advertising

RezAds is a pay-per-click billboard ad network that has been in Second Life since 2008. As of 5/01/10 have 449 billboards in over 200 different regions within Second Life. They charge 10L/click to advertisers who are shown in real time who is clicking on their ads and from where. They also allow anyone to become a publisher by hosting various size billboards. Setup is completely automated for advertisers and publishers.

http://rezads.com - RezAds Website https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=201685 - RezAds xStreet Information

Second Ads™

Second Ads is a virtual advertising agency that runs affiliate advertising network - grid wide. Dedicated to grow and evolve ad networks for virtual worlds with belief that advertising is as important and crucial for existence of virtual businesses as for any other real life business on world wide web. Concept is taken from most prominent online ad networks such as Google Adsense and Yahoo ad network. Emphasis is on achieving equilibrium between demand and supply - ad publishers and advertisers and cooperation with communities and their community leaders in Second Life to increase brand awareness for partners.

Second Ads website Second Ads on SL Marketplace

SL Business Directory (SLBiz2Life)

SL Business Directory offers lot of second life advertising services, including:

Free listing of SL business (the directory is seems to be a largest one at present time)
Guaranteed Visitors
Picks Booster (the tool to boost the business position in SL Seach)
Second Life search analysis tools.

If you are looking for pay-per-click billboard ads, check the Ad Fusion network

http://www.slbiz2life.com - SL Business Directory (Second Life advertising services)

Subscribe-o-matic

Subscribe-o-matic is a great collaboration tool which offers functionality similar to SL groups, but with extended features.

http://www.subscribeomatic.com - Subscribe-o-matic

Other

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 == Networks ==
-== Second Ads™  ==
+=== Apez ===
+Apex is a SL vendor network which offers advertising services in form of web banners.
+The large list of participating websites allows Apez to distribute your ad widely instead of displaying it on a single website.
-[[Image:Second-Ads-Ad-display.JPG|right|Second Ads ad display board.]]
+[http://www.apez.biz/modules.php?name=Promote http://www.apez.biz] - Apez.promote advertising service
+=== GroupCast Marketplace ===
-Second Ads is a virtual advertising agency that runs affiliate advertising network - grid wide. Dedicated to grow and evolve ad networks for virtual worlds with belief that advertising is as important and crucial for existence of virtual businesses as for any other real life business on world wide web. Concept is taken from most prominent online ad networks such as Google Adsense and Yahoo ad network. Emphasis is on achieving equilibrium between demand and supply - ad publishers and advertisers and cooperation with communities and their community leaders in Second Life to increase brand awareness for partners.
+GroupCast is the advertising marketplace dedicated to Second Life groups.
+With GroupCast you can place your ad on the groups of your choice. You can setup a complex schedule and send ads automatically.  Vise versa, if you own a group and want to earn Lindens, list your group with GroupCast. You will expose your group to hundreds of advertisers!
-[http://www.secondads.com Second Ads website]
+[http://www.gpc2life.com http://www.gpc2life.com] - GroupCast Website<br>
-[https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Advertising-Nework-SECOND-ADS-Google-Adsense-like-system/1590252 Second Ads on SL Marketplace]
+[http://slurl.com/secondlife/DuoLife/128/128/31 SLURL] - GroupCast in-world office, at DuoLife
-== RezAds - Grid-Wide Advertising ==
+=== RezAds - Grid-Wide Advertising ===
 RezAds is a pay-per-click billboard ad network that has been in Second Life since 2008. As of 5/01/10 have 449 billboards in over 200 different regions within Second Life. They charge 10L/click to advertisers who are shown in real time who is clicking on their ads and from where. They also allow anyone to become a publisher by hosting various size billboards. Setup is completely automated for advertisers and publishers.
@@ Line 23: / Line 29: @@
 [http://rezads.com http://rezads.com] - RezAds Website
 [https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=201685 https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=201685] - RezAds xStreet Information
+=== Second Ads™  ===
+[[Image:Second-Ads-Ad-display.JPG|right|Second Ads ad display board.]]
+Second Ads is a virtual advertising agency that runs affiliate advertising network - grid wide. Dedicated to grow and evolve ad networks for virtual worlds with belief that advertising is as important and crucial for existence of virtual businesses as for any other real life business on world wide web. Concept is taken from most prominent online ad networks such as Google Adsense and Yahoo ad network. Emphasis is on achieving equilibrium between demand and supply - ad publishers and advertisers and cooperation with communities and their community leaders in Second Life to increase brand awareness for partners.
+[http://www.secondads.com Second Ads website]
+[https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Advertising-Nework-SECOND-ADS-Google-Adsense-like-system/1590252 Second Ads on SL Marketplace]
 === SL Business Directory (SLBiz2Life)===
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 * Second Life search analysis tools.
-If you are looking for pay-per-click billboard ads, check their [http://www.slbiz2life.com/en/adfusion.html Ad Fusion network]
+If you are looking for pay-per-click billboard ads, check the [http://www.slbiz2life.com/en/adfusion.html Ad Fusion network]
 [http://www.slbiz2life.com http://www.slbiz2life.com] - SL Business Directory (Second Life advertising services)
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 [http://www.subscribeomatic.com http://www.subscribeomatic.com] - Subscribe-o-matic
-=== Apez ===
-Apex is a SL vendor network which offers advertising services in form of web banners.
-The large list of participating websites allows Apez to distribute your ad widely instead of displaying it on a single website.
-[http://www.apez.biz/modules.php?name=Promote http://www.apez.biz] - Apez.promote advertising service
 === Other ===
-* [http://www.secondads.com/ Second Ads™]
 * [http://www.slcontextads.co.uk/ SLContext Ads]
-* [http://www.rezads.com RezAds Grid-Wide Advertising]
 * [http://www.slearth.com SLearth Advertising Network]
 * [http://www.rezzme.com RezzMe Advertising]
 * [http://cashcrash.looqz.eu/index.php?&page=advertise Crash-Vertisement]
-* [http://www.isnvirtualworlds.com/isn/lang-en/virtualitaliancommunity Virtual Italian Community]
 [[Category: Marketing]]